WORSHIPPING AT HOMEAND IN CAPTIVITY
( Book of Acts )
Many Resources : Audio sermons, Hymns and Videos

WORSHIPPING in CAPTIVITY
The word "captivity" in the Bible means several things.
It sometimes means being arrested and imprisoned in jails or
detention centers. ( including handcuffs, feet shackled, solitary
confinement, interrogations etc.)
It sometimes means quarantines and internment camps.
It sometimes means relocation to another country, deportation.
It sometimes means labor, work and death camps.

"Captivity" basically means that one is captured by
agents hostile to Christianity.

"
If any man have an ear, let him hear.
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity:
he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.
Here is the patience and the faith of the saints."Rev. 13: 9, 10 .

"then
thou shalt tell them :
"Thus saith the LORD; such as are for death, to death.
And such as are for the sword, to the sword.
And such as are for famine, to famine;
And such as for the captivity, to the captivity."

If , as Christians, we are put in jail for our beliefs, then
jails and camps become our "home".
Paul the Apostle (and Barnabas and Peter and many other
Christians) worshipped God
1-on-1 in the loneliness of a prison cell. It helps to memorize
songs, and portions of Scripture
(such as the Psalms) in order to do this.

How many songs have we memorized ? How many Psalms do we know by
heart ?
Can we make melody in our hearts when there can be no audible
singing allowed ?
Do we even now pray continuously throughout the day, as needs
arise ?
Can we pray in the Holy Ghost (tongues) ? Not necessary, but
helpful.

If you want to memorize hymns and Scripture, then may I suggest
that one begins TODAY to
print-out the words to Hymns and Songs that edify ;
and then sing them over and over again until memorized.

Suggested Psalms to memorize : Psalms 1 ,
18 , 23, 27 , 42, 46, 84 , 91, etc.; writing them down,
and reciting them over and over again until they are memorized.
Each time one memorizes a hymn, a psalm, a quote etc. one is
strengthening one's self to
be able to endure hardships.

It is best to start today. In a few days you will have rivers of
living waters flowing from your innermost being , encouraging and
strengthening and revitalizing you in time of need.
John 7:37

"Though the outer man perish, the innner man is renewed, day
by day."
2 Corinthians 4:16

Our
worship time at home consists of singing a few hymns, reading
portions of Scripture,
and sharing what God has done in our lives for that day or week.
We pray for our needs and the needs of others (healings,
employment, etc.)

For in-depth studies, we access the audio-tapes below.
There is no "mentoring", or "shepherding".
Each one is taught by the Holy Ghost.
Please see John 14, 15 and 16 on how the Holy
Spirit will teach us all things.

1 John 2 : 27
"The anointing which you have received of Him abides in you,
and you need not that any man teach you,
but the same anointing shall teach you of all things, and is
truth and is no lie,
and even as it has taught you, you shall abide in Him."

The best worship service is a hymn, a Bible reading ,
meditation, prayers, a testimony and alms.
"Forsake not the assembling of yourselves together"
Hebrews 10:25 was written to people worshipping in their homes.
Church-buildings didn't exist until centuries later, after
Constantine.

Churches Long Ago
....Gene Edwards"The first church buildings ever erected on
this planet were planned and begun in 323."He [ Constantine] built a new and uninhabited
city from the ground up. In it he commissioned the building of
pagan temples, and something he designated as buildings for
Christians to meet in. A pagan temple of that time was a small,
round building, with stairs leading up to an altar in the middle.
Usually the people gathered around the temple and worshipped
while standing outside. Across the street from some of these
pagan temples, Constantine commissioned Christian meeting places.
These buildings were not shaped like pagan temples, but like the
government civic auditoriums. (Christians had always met inside.
But it was inside of homes). Here, for the first time, stood
officially designated places for Christians to meet. This was a
wonder which no Christian had ever seen before. Put another way, it
was in 324, almost three hundred years after the birth of the
church, that Christians first met in something we now call a
"church building." For all three hundred years before
that the church met in living rooms!

Constantine built these assembly buildings for
Christians not only in Constantinople, but also in Rome,
Jerusalem, and in many parts of Italy, all in A.D. 324. This
triggered a massive "church building" fad in large
cities all over the Empire.http://www.theexaminer.org/volume6/number5/bottom.htm

"Where
two or more
are gathered together in My Name, there I AM in the midst of
them" Matthew 18:20Got two people ?? Got worship ??

The more Bible reading and studying done at home, the stronger
the Body of Christ becomes. The more reliance upon ministers and
ministries, the more dependent we are upon others for our
homework ( and interpretations. ), and the less reliant upon the
Holy Ghost alone.

We highly recommendthe following prophecy videos.
Our only disagreement is with the fact that these videos say that
one cannot be saved in the Great Tribulation because of delusion.
We disagree.
Many will be saved in the Great Tribulation ..even those who
refused grace earlier.
The only requirement for salvation is repentance. ...any time,
any place, anyhow. Yesterday, today and forever.
Other than that , these are excellent end-time videos and
are highly recommended; especially because prophecy is no
longer heard in our churches
( only the Rapture, and hardly even that ).